The Bronx is now one step closer to getting its own major hotel — not the seedy, hot-sheet kind that has so often plagued the borough, but what Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. predicts will be a “world-class” place to stay near Yankee Stadium.

The Bronx Overall Economic Development Center (BOEDC) released a “request for expressions of interest” on Monday, calling for interested developers to submit proposals to build a hotel on what is now a parking garage at River Avenue and East 153rd Street.

Bringing a high-end hotel to the Bronx has been a much-stated goal of Diaz since he took office.

“A major hotel and conference center has been a priority for the people of the Bronx for decades, and we are getting closer and closer to seeing that dream become a reality,” he said in a press release this week.

The site of the proposed future hotel is leased from the city by Bronx Parking Development Company. The group, which used acres of city-owned land to build a number of parking garages around the new Yankee Stadium two years ago, has been in dire financial straits since, struggling to get game-goers to pay to park there.

BOEDC President Marlene Cintron said building a hotel on the site will “maximize a valuable underutilized tract of land,” and could bring as many as 125 new jobs to the neighborhood.

The request is asking that projects meet certain requirements, among them a conference center, at least one high-end, penthouse-level restaurant, a concierge or condo level for long-term stays and some form of retail store.